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    Here are the Literary Guggenheim Fellows of 2018

    by Emily Temple Apr 05, 2018 0 minutes

    On April 4th, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced the recipients of its 2018 fellowships—173 in all, awarded to scholars, artists and scientists in a variety of fields, from law to filmmaking to engineering, “who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.” 23 of those fellowships went to creative writers working in nonfiction, fiction and poetry. The 2018 literary Guggenheim fellows are:

    General Nonfiction:
    Nicholson Baker
    Teju Cole
    Robert Finch
    Roxane Gay
    Jane Kamensky
    John Jeremiah Sullivan
    Lily Tuck

    Poetry:
    Reginald Dwayne Betts
    Amy Gerstler
    Tyehimba Jess
    Ilya Kaminsky
    Joan Naviyuk Kane
    Dunya Mikhail
    Srikanth Reddy
    Anya Krugovoy Silver
    Monica Youn

    Fiction:
    Rachel Cusk
    Andrew Greer
    Lauren Groff
    Jennifer Haigh
    Min Jin Lee
    China Miéville
    Deb Olin Unferth

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